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Engineering hierarchical complex systems: an agent-based approach. The case of flexible manufacturing systems

Multiagent Systems 2012-06-01 v1

Abstract

This article introduces a formal model to specify, model and validate hierarchical complex systems described at different levels of analysis. It relies on concepts that have been developed in the multi-agent-based simulation (MABS) literature: level, influence and reaction. One application of such model is the specification of hierarchical complex systems, in which decisional capacities are dynamically adapted at each level with respect to the emergences/constraints paradigm. In the conclusion, we discuss the main perspective of this work: the definition of a generic meta-model for holonic multi-agent systems (HMAS).

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@article{arxiv.1205.7025,
  title  = {Engineering hierarchical complex systems: an agent-based approach. The case of flexible manufacturing systems},
  author = {Gildas Morvan and Daniel Dupont and Jean-Baptiste Soyez and Rochdi Merzouki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.7025},
  year   = {2012}
}